Bail Stats (57_14)

Request

1) Please state the number of people currently on police bail (under investigation and awaiting a decision on charges) after being arrested by your force.

2) Of the people in part 1 what is the longest amount of time that an individual has been on police bail without charge.

3) Of the people in part 1 please state how many have been on pre-charge police bail without charge for longer than six months.

To clarify: I would like the figure for the number of people on bail, not the number of offences, as some people may be on bail for more than one offence.

4) Please state how many individuals were placed on police bail by your force each year between 1976 and 2013 inclusive. Where historical data is not held, the same information from the earliest date for which figures are available to 2013 inclusive would be acceptable.

Response

1) Please state the number of people currently on police bail (under investigation and awaiting a decision on charges) after being arrested by your force.

=603

2) Of the people in part 1 what is the longest amount of time that an individual has been on police bail without charge.

It has become apparent that our bail recording system contains data inaccuracies, for example a bail date 2099 has been input which was almost certainly should have been 2009. This provides a bail length figure of 32,961 days which is obviously incorrect. Therefore we are unable to provide an accurate response to this question

3) Of the people in part 1 please state how many have been on pre-charge police bail without charge for longer than six months.

To clarify: I would like the figure for the number of people on bail, not the number of offences, as some people may be on bail for more than one offence.

Our recording system provides a figure of 97 but due to the recording inaccuracies as mentioned above, we cannot guarantee that this is an accurate figure.

4) Please state how many individuals were placed on police bail by your force each year between 1976 and 2013 inclusive. Where historical data is not held, the same information from the earliest date for which figures are available to 2013 inclusive would be acceptable.

Figures are only available from 1998

Arrest Date

Count of Custody Ref No

1998

7076

1999

29,525

2000

30,423

2001

29,432

2002

29,058

2003

29,964

2004

36,146

2005

44,690

2006

48,291

2007

46,749

2008

41,592

2009

34,666

2010

30,963

2011

24,682

2012

20,219

2013

18,277

2014

17,199

Grand Total

518,952

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